Firefighters need a reliable source of pressurized water from fire hydrants to battle blazes, and regulations exist that ...

Obtaining a positive water supply often is considered a mundane assignment on the fireground. For smaller fires in residential and commercial occupancies, the task doesn’t require much thought.

BAYONNE -- A contractor doing construction work on the Bayonne Bridge has admitted to drawing water from a city fire hydrant without using a meter to measure how much it was taking. On Sept. 9, city ...